Maybe a good opportunity for Danish skeptics to use the launch of this garbage on TV as a chance to get some publicity. Perhaps by issuing a challenge via Danish media to the participants, and trying to get airtime with responsible press/tv to debunk the nonsense?
It is actually a Danish 'invention' - not one that we are particularly proud of! - and the format was subsequently sold to New Zealand, Australia and the USA: Sensing Murder
The Boulder, Colorado police department allegedly has the DNA of the person who murdered JonBenet Ramsey 17 years ago.
That's the easiest way to debunk these people. Ask them to ask JonBenet who killed her. Whoever they name, their DNA should match the sample the police have. Which it won't.
Chran, my understanding is that there wouldn't be just a single, testable "psychic" claim, but multiple "psychic" claims would need to be tested by any "psychic" appearing in the upcoming TV show you mentioned. Just two examples of individual "psychic" claims (if shown on TV): 1) talking with spirits, and 2) psychometry. I believe the purported "psychic" must personally apply for the JREF Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge.
The TV show In Search of... had a segment, In Search of... Psychic Detectives that aired during Season 1 back in May 1977. One purported "psychic" was Peter Hurkos, born in Dordrecht, the Netherlands (Dutch). The Netherlands is located pretty much adjacent to the southwest of Denmark (Danish).
According to wikipedia, Peter HurkosWP stated he would not participate in any scientific experiment under any circumstances. The wikipedia entry goes on to say:
However, author and stage magician James Randi contends that Hurkos refused to allow his skill to be tested by scientists except for one session with the parapsychologist Charles Tart of the University of California, Davis. Dr. Tart's tests were negative. Randi commented "If Tart can't find such powers, they certainly aren't there!"
Decades ago, Peter Hurkos apparently had the opportunity to prove his purported "psychic" abilities to the scientific community. No powers proven. I doubt any "psychic" detective appearing in the upcoming TV show (concept by Nordisk Film?) will apply for the JREF Million Dollar Paranormal Challenge. Doing so could expose them as a charlatan.
So how many shows, how many people do you have to exploit, before and rake these coals over again for these poor families that have to go through it again, before you make enough money...
Correction between Nordisk Film and Nordisk Film TV
Correction:
I incorrectly attributed the quote "Nordisk Film has been a part of Denmark's film history for more than a 100 years." and linked to Nordisk Film's website in my post 23 in this thread. Nordisk Film did not develop the Sensing MurderWP format- it was Nordisk Film TV per wikipedia.
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